Insect-trap.



No. 673,!55, I Pa tented Apr. 3o, |9o|. c. H. BL'ANCHARD.

INSECT TRAP. (Application filed Jan. 81, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. BLANOHARD, OF BATAVIA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO E. O. MOORE & SON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

INSECT TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 673,155, dated April 30, 1901.

Application filed January 31, 1901- Serial No. 45,404. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: and when they are in falls back to its normal Be it known that I, CHARLES H. BLANCH- position. Once within the central chamber ARD,acitizen of the United States of America, the entrapped insect cannot get under the 50 and a resident of Batavia, in the county of cloth again, for when it steps upon the cloth Clermont and State of Ohio, have invented its own weight presses the cloth more firmly certain new and useful Improvements in Inagainst the base, and if it creep up the inner sect-Traps, of which the following is a specichamber it will fall into the water in the fication. trough. Flange c keeps it from crawling out 55 The object of my invention is an insectover the edge of the trough. It is readily IO trap which will catch any-sized insect from seen that the largest as well as the smallest the smallest to the largest, in which any numinsect may creep under the cloth, and that her of them may be held at one time, and no matter how small it be it cannot get under from which when entrapped an insect cannot the cloth again when once Within the central 6o escape. This object is attained by the means chamber.

described in the annexed specification, and What I claim is shown in the accompanying drawings, in 1. In an insect-trap, a base, a chamber which-- formed by flexible material in the shape of an Figure 1 is a plan view of a trap embodyinverted frustum of a cone whose lower edge 65 ing my invention. Fig. 2 is a diametrical sectouches said base, substantially as shown and tional view of the same, water being shown in described.

the trough. 2. In an insect-trap, abase, acentral cham- Referring to the parts, a central vessel A, ber formed by flexible matter in the shape of whose shape is that of an inverted frustum an inverted frustum of a cone whose lower 70 of a cone, is supported by legs b at a distance edge touches said base,and a trough surroundabove a base-plate B, centrally secured to ing said central chamber and secured to the which is a small receptacle 1). Around its upper edge of the .frustum substantially as upper edge vessel -A is turned downward to shown and described. form a flange a, to which is secured the up- 3. In an insect-trap a base,'a vessel in the 75 per edge of the inner wall c, likewise in the shape of an inverted frustum of a cone sup:

o shape of a frustum of a cone, of a circular ported by legsa distance above the base, said trough which is supported by vessel A and legs and a flexible material secured to said legs b at a short distance above the base. Vessel so as to assume a similar shape and ex- The outer wall 0 of the trough is a circular tending therefrom down to and touching the 80 vertical ring, which is turned inward at its base substantially as shown and described.

upper edge to form a horizontal flange c 4. In an insect-trapabase,acentral cham- A piece a of light flexible material, preferber formed by flexible material in the shape ably cloth, such as muslin, is cemented or of an inverted frustum of a cone whose lower otherwise secured to the inner face of vessel edge touches said base,andatroughsurround- 85 A, so as likewise to take the shape of an ining said central chamber and secured to the verted frustum whose lower edge touches upper edge of the frustum and having at the base B, forming a central chamber. upper edge of its outer wall an inturned hori- In use water is placed in the trough and zontal flange substantially as shown and desugar or some other substance which attracts scribed.

insects is placed in receptacle h Insects at- CHARLES H. BLANOHARD. tracted by the substance creep under the edge Witnesses: i

of cloth a, which easily raises around them W. F. MURRAY,

to allow them to pass into the inner chamber GEO. J. MURRAY. 

